The Da Vinci Disappearance

I previously covered Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood on the blog way back in December 2010.  Towards the end of my review I said:

As for whether Brotherhood is significantly shorter than it’s predecessor, well, it’s definitely shorter, but not by much.  I have completed the main story mode with a smattering of side missions in about 16 hours.  100% completion in AC II totalled a good 30 hours.  To achieve the same in Brotherhood I’m estimating around 20 hours as a ballpark figure.  So that gives you a game 2/3 the size as its predecessor.

When in Rome: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood single player

It turns out that I underestimated the sheer amount of content the developers packed in to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood.  In fact, I’ve notched up 37 hours of gameplay within the historic walls of Rome.  And that’s still just the single player.

So, what does this have to do with The Da Vinci Disappearance?  Well, we’re talking about DLC that adds more gameplay to a game already fit-to-burst with content.  The DLC itself isn’t anything particularly remarkable.  If you’ve played through a good chunk of Assassin’s Creed II and/or Brotherhood, then there’s nothing new to see here.

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Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood review

Joystiq reviews Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and likes it.  A lot.  Assassin’s Creed diehards like myself won’t need a review to pull the trigger on this purchase but it’s alright to take a sneaky peek, right?  In the meantime, I’m just going to have to work out how I’m going to fit Brotherhood into my Black Ops schedule…